diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
index 8d1d7a918d28..f58bf77d76b8 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
@@ -685,6 +685,7 @@ static void mptcp_pm_nl_add_addr_received(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 	unsigned int add_addr_accept_max;
 	struct mptcp_addr_info remote;
 	unsigned int subflows_max;
+	bool sf_created = false;
 	int i, nr;
 
 	add_addr_accept_max = mptcp_pm_get_add_addr_accept_max(msk);
@@ -712,15 +713,18 @@ static void mptcp_pm_nl_add_addr_received(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 	if (nr == 0)
 		return;
 
-	msk->pm.add_addr_accepted++;
-	if (msk->pm.add_addr_accepted >= add_addr_accept_max ||
-	    msk->pm.subflows >= subflows_max)
-		WRITE_ONCE(msk->pm.accept_addr, false);
-
 	spin_unlock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
 	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++)
-		__mptcp_subflow_connect(sk, &addrs[i], &remote);
+		if (__mptcp_subflow_connect(sk, &addrs[i], &remote) == 0)
+			sf_created = true;
 	spin_lock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
+
+	if (sf_created) {
+		msk->pm.add_addr_accepted++;
+		if (msk->pm.add_addr_accepted >= add_addr_accept_max ||
+		    msk->pm.subflows >= subflows_max)
+			WRITE_ONCE(msk->pm.accept_addr, false);
+	}
 }
 
 void mptcp_pm_nl_addr_send_ack(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
index 772c00f961ad..231a95a8de9e 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
@@ -2393,10 +2393,10 @@ remove_tests()
 	if reset "remove invalid addresses"; then
 		pm_nl_set_limits $ns1 3 3
 		pm_nl_add_endpoint $ns1 10.0.12.1 flags signal
-		pm_nl_add_endpoint $ns1 10.0.3.1 flags signal
 		# broadcast IP: no packet for this address will be received on ns1
 		pm_nl_add_endpoint $ns1 224.0.0.1 flags signal
-		pm_nl_set_limits $ns2 3 3
+		pm_nl_add_endpoint $ns1 10.0.3.1 flags signal
+		pm_nl_set_limits $ns2 2 2
 		addr_nr_ns1=-3 speed=10 \
 			run_tests $ns1 $ns2 10.0.1.1
 		chk_join_nr 1 1 1